Viduklė
Viduklė | ||
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Town | ||
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Viduklė Location in Lithuania | ||
Coordinates: 55°24′10″N 22°53′50″E / 55.40278°N 22.89722°ECoordinates: 55°24′10″N 22°53′50″E / 55.40278°N 22.89722°E | ||
Country | Lithuania | |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija | |
County | Kaunas County | |
Population (2001) | ||
• Total | 1,911 | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Viduklė is a small town in a Raseiniai district municipality, Kaunas County, central-western Lithuania. In 2001, it had a population of 1,911.
History
221 Jews lived in the town according to the 1923 census. The German army entered the town on June 23, 1941 and set up a ghetto to imprison the Jewish population.[1] Starting on July 24, 1941, hundred of Jews living in the city were shot by Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.[2][3]
References
- This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.
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